Garrett v. Walcott
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory; W. R. Lawrence, Judge. Action by Alfred Garrett and others against Lula Walcott and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory; W. R. Lawrence, Judge. Action by Alfred Garrett and others against Lula Walcott and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. This action was instituted by Alfred T. Garrett, Cyril C. Garrett, and Edna M. Garrett, minors, by their father and next friend, Charles W. Garrett, the appellants, as plaintiffs, in the lower court against the appellees, Lulu Walcott and'J. Blair Shoenfelt, United States Indian Agent, as defendants, alleging that all the parties thereto, except the Indian agent, are…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is insisted by the plaintiffs in error that on account of a misconstruction or erroneous view of the law, as applied to the proved or undisputed facts, the land in controversy upon which there were improvements entitling the plaintiffs to take their allotments embracing such lands was permitted to be filed upon by the defendant in error Lulu Walcott, and a patent was duly issued thereto in her name, and that a court of equity should inquire into the matter and correct mistakes, injustices, and wrongs done by the executive department of the government. It…
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